My 28 week hens still have yet to produce..

[akovia]

My Wyandotte laid her first egg at 50 weeks of age! Big egg, everyday now.

 

[Araucana16]

Those look very young to me as well. Mine looked like that around this time, when they were around 10-12 weeks. It took another few months before I got eggs after looking like that.

 

[oherrera]

 

[oherrera]

 

[Chick Charm]

You have nice lookin chickens. They likely need more time to Grow up. Redder combs should be expected.

Are they squatting yet? Nothing seems out of the ordinary here. Normal for these young pullets.

 

[debbiecarol]

I know very little about raising chickens, but I DO KNOW that ours were laying in the woods behind our house quite a bit. We finally put them in lock down and didn't let them out until they all layed. After about a week, they got the hint and laid their eggs in the nesting boxes....unfortunately for them, we have stopped the free ranging as could not handle the poop on our door step. (The final straw was when they pooped on my husband's boat)

 

[Percheron chick]

He wouldn't dare.

 

[oherrera]

That's what I said!

He wouldn't dare.

 

[WoodlandWoman]

They are nice looking chickens, but they just look young to me and not mature, yet. As they mature, pullets start to fill out. Their body shape starts to change. They look less lean and fuller, rounder, for the breeds you have. I think they need to grow up a little more. When they get closer to the age when they're going to lay, their combs and wattles will change. They'll go from small and pink, to larger and red. They also start to squat when you pet them.

If you go over to the breed pages at WWW.Feathersite.com, you can look at pictures of chickens of all ages. You can go to the page for each of the breeds you have. At the top of the page are the hens/roosters, in the middle are the pullets/cockerels and at the bottom are the chicks. That might help you get an eye for how they look at various ages and stages of development.

What have you been feeding them while you've had them? If they've mainly been eating a standard feed for their age, they should be fine. I have seen chickens whose development was delayed because they were being fed mostly corn. Their bodies just didn't have enough nutrients and protein to mature on schedule. Too many unbalanced treats or too much scratch can be a problem, too. If they've mainly been on a balanced feed, though, that shouldn't be an issue.

I think they're just not old enough to lay, yet.